May 21 WATCH: Democrats rally at Capitol against GOP's immigration enforcement funding bill By Associated Press Democrats tried to draw a sharp contrast by highlighting how the White House proposed including $1 billion for security for the White House complex and President Donald Trump’s ballroom. Republicans are abandoning that proposal. Continue reading
May 18 Minnesota county charges ICE officer in shooting during immigration crackdown By Hannah Fingerhut, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press A Minnesota county prosecutor has charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man. Continue reading
Apr 03 A Wisconsin mosque president was detained by ICE agents. Supporters say he was targeted for speaking out against Israel By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by nearly a dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who surrounded his car on Monday in Milwaukee after he left his home, according to… Continue reading
Apr 01 DHS pauses new immigrant warehouse purchases as all Noem-era contracts are reviewed By Rebecca Santana, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press The new Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, was sworn in last week to lead a department that was steeped in controversy during Kristi Noem's tenure but also central to President Trump's mass deportation agenda. Continue reading
Mar 23 Federal immigration agents deployed to Atlanta airport during partial shutdown By Emilie Megnien, Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of Homeland Security workers, including from the TSA, U.S. Secret Service and Coast Guard, have worked without pay since Congress failed to renew DHS funding last month. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 8:57 'He took my son's life for nothing,' says mother of man killed by immigration agent By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris A year ago this week, Ruben Ray Martinez, a 23-year-old American citizen, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Texas. While the Department of Homeland Security says Martinez intentionally rammed his vehicle into an agent, recently released body… Continue watching
Mar 17 WATCH: Sen. Markwayne Mullin testifies in confirmation hearing for DHS secretary By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Mullin, the White House pick for homeland security secretary, made a case to fellow senators Wednesday that he would be a steady hand for a department roiled by controversy under Kristi Noem, but signaled he would follow President Donald Trump's… Continue reading
Mar 16 Trump's mass deportation agenda is at a crossroads as DHS changes leadership By Lisa Mascaro, Rebecca Santana, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press But all indications are that Trump's mass deportation operation is not stalling out but intensifying. Continue reading
Mar 01 Trump said he's pro legal immigration, his policies say otherwise By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact President Donald Trump said during the State of the Union that he “will always allow people to come in legally.” His policies stripping people’s legal status and limiting legal immigration contradict that. Continue reading
Feb 24 WATCH: Whistleblower and former ICE attorney calls agent training 'deficient, defective and broke' By Tim McPhillips A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new deportation officers warned lawmakers on Monday that the ICE training program is “deficient, defective and broken."… Continue reading